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Martin Parr

March 1, 2020

Martin Parr in conversation with Emyr Young
CARDIFF, NOVEMber 2019

Martin Parr yn sgwrsio gydag Emyr Young
CAERDYDD, Tachwedd 2019

Martin Parr 1952-2025

Martin Parr was a British documentary photographer with a long relationship with and affection for Wales.

Parr studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic in the early 1970’s alongside peers such as Daniel Meadows and Brian Griffin - both of whom he remains friends with to this day. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1988 on achieving the necessary two-thirds vote of other members but not before Welshman Philip Jones Griffiths had pleaded for them to exclude him, stating…
”…His membership would not be a proclamation of diversity but the rejection of those values that have given Magnum the status it has in the world today... Let me state that I have great respect for him as the dedicated enemy of everything I believe in and, I trust, what Magnum still believes in.”

Martin Parr’s Magnum colleagues went on to select him as President of Magnum Photos International in 2014 (a post he held until 2017) and he remained a respected and active voice within Magnum Photos until his death at home in Bristol on 6th December 2025.

Above: Martin Parr giving a guided talk of his work in National Museum Cardiff in November 2019. Images: Brian Carroll

Parr is now one of the world’s most famous names in photography - both in terms of his ongoing raw documentation of society in saturated colour and also his life-long passion for collecting Photobooks and other ephemera. In 2017 he and his dedicated team opened The Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol to archive and exhibit not just his own work but also a rich and important collection of post-war British Documentary photography and archive material by other photographers. The Foundation also houses a world-class collection of Photobooks which is expanding weekly and includes a growing (albeit slowly) collection from Wales.

Recorded at the National Museum in Cardiff. Our thanks to Bronwen Colquhoun, Senior Curator of Photography, National Museum Wales.

See below for a small selection of Martin's work from Wales, Scotland and Ireland, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.

Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.

See more of Martin’s work on the Magnum Photos website www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/martin-parr
Find out more about events and exhibitions at The Martin Parr Foundation (and membership) at www.martinparrfoundation.org
Follow them on Twitter @martinparrfdn

Gallery images © Martin Parr / Magnum Photos and used with permission.
Banner images © Brian Carroll

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Michael Christopher Brown

April 1, 2018

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BROWN IN CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD SAMBROOK
BRISTOL, FEBRUARY 2018

MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BROWN YN SGWRSIO GYDAG RICHARD SAMBROOK
Bryste, Chwefror 2018

Image from 'Yo soy Fidel' © Michael Christopher Brown

Michael Christopher Brown is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer who immersed himself in travel and covering foreign assignments - including major conflict zones - professionally from 2006. Michael has been a contributing photographer at National Geographic since 2005 and joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in 2013 and was an associate from 2015 until June 2017.

Probably his best known work to date is his monograph 'Libyan Sugar' which won the Paris Photo First Photobook Award and the International Center of Photography's 2017 Infinity Award for Artist's Book. This unique book demonstrated his skill in using primarily an iPhone to photograph the Libyan Revolution from 2011-2012 where he covered several battles, was ambushed several times and injured twice. He survived the same mortar attack that killed his close friend and photojournalist colleague Tim Hetherington.

Ffoton spoke to Michael in early 2018 during a trip to the UK to plan his next book on Cuba where, as part of his 'Paradiso' project, he's been documenting the electronica music and youth scene in Havana. Whilst working there, he witnessed the national grieving and had exclusive access to the funeral cortege of the late leader Fidel Castro as it travelled from Havana to his grave in Santiago. Michael is currently working on a large documentary project on native Americans.

We were pleased and grateful to have Professor Richard Sambrook conduct the interview - an experienced journalist and ex-Director of News at the BBC who oversaw their coverage of the 2003 Iraq conflict. And thanks also to Martin and his team who kindly accommodated us for the recording on a busy day at The Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol.

See below for a small selection of Michael's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.

Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.

View more of Michael's work on his website michaelchristopherbrown.com

Gallery images © Michael Christopher Brown and used with permission of the photographer.
Podcast images © Brian Carroll.

Videos on Michael's work

Using the iPhone in photojournalism and collaboration with other creative practitioners. Ffoton on YouTube

'Libyan Sugar'. International Center of Photography on YouTube

Native America Project. DP Review on YouTube

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David Hurn : Part 2

January 8, 2016

David Hurn IN CONVERSATION WITH EMYR YOUNG.
Tintern, December 2015

David Hurn YN SGWRSIO GYDAG EMYR YOUNG
Tintern, Rhagfyr 2015

David Hurn, Magnum Photographer, at home in Tintern, Wales. © Brian Carroll

David Hurn is still working, photographing and publishing at the age of 81 years and is regarded as one of Britain's most important reportage photographers.

A self-taught photographer who began his career in 1955 as an assistant at the Reflex Agency, he gained his reputation with his reportage of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. David became an associate member of Magnum Photo in 1965 and a full member in 1967. Here in Wales, he set up the famous School of Documentary Photography in Newport in 1973 where he remained for 17 years.

We met with David following the publication of a new book 'The 1960s: Photographed by David Hurn' published by Reel Art Press which demonstrates the breadth and strength of iconic images that defined the period. This second and final part of our in-depth conversation covers David's joining Magnum Photo; establishing the original Documentary Photography course in Newport; and his frank views on photography in Wales and how it's currently represented.

Part 1 of this conversation is available here >

Y mae David Hurn yn 81 ac yn cael ei gydnabod fel un o ffotograffwyr reportage pwysicaf Prydain. Mae e'n dal i weithio fel ffotograffydd ac yn dal i gyhoeddi ei waith.

Cychwynnodd ei yrfa yn 1955 fel cynorthwyydd yn asiantaeth Reflex, Fe dyfodd ei enw da wrth dynnu lluniau yn ystod chwyldro Hwngari. Yn 1965 fe'i derbyniwyd fel aelod cysylltiol Magnum ac yn 1967 fel aelod llawn. Yn 1973 sefydlodd ysgol enwog ffotograffiaeth ddogfennol Casnewydd a bu'n gweithio yna am 17 mlynedd.

Fe wnaethon ni gwrdd â David wedi iddo gyhoeddi ei lyfr diweddaraf 'The 1960s: Photographed by David Hurn'. Fe gyhoeddi'r y llyfr gan Reel Art Press. Y mae'r llyfr yn dangos ehangder a chryfder ei luniau eiconig o'r cyfnod. Y mae ail ran ein sgwrs yn canolbwyntio ar David yn ymuno a Magnum; sefydlu'r cwrs ffotograffiaeth dogfennol yng Nghasnewydd a'i sylwadau di flewyn ar dafod ar sut mae ffotograffiaeth yn cael ei gynrychiolu yng Nghymru heddiw.

See below for a gallery of a small selection of David's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.
A larger selection of David's work can be viewed on the Magnum Photos website.

Islaw galeri o waith David trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd.

Please note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team. See our Terms page for more details.

LINKS FROM THIS CONVERSATION:

David Hurn on Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths on Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson on Magnum Photos
Joseph Koudelka on Magnum Photos and his West Bank 'Wall' studies & video on 'This Place'
Magnum Photos - Education activities
Sergio Larrain on Magnum Photos
University of South Wales - (formerly Newport) Documentary Photography Course
Ffotogallery in Wales - website
Third Floor Gallery - website
Michael Christopher Brown on Magnum Photos and Time interview on use of iPhone in DRC
Magnum Foundation - www.magnumfoundation.org